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Guatemala population

Guatemala population now

19,036,508

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 18.9–19.4 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 18,124,838

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
18.9680 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 18.9–19.4 million
Median age
24.8
Aged 65+
5.1%
2023 | 2024 peak 2077

male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

GTM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Guatemala in numbers

Guatemala had 18,124,838 people in mid-2023, the 69th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.22% of the world's people. That is 5.9 times its 1950 population of 3.1 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2077 at 27.2 million, then falling to 25.9 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 15.0 million to 43.8 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2079; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 17.8 in 1950 and 23.6 in 2023; the projection has 45.9 in 2100. 4.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 26.0% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2061 at 17.6 million.

By size it is the 69th country in 2023; the projection puts it 68th in 2050 and 69th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Romania in 2026, Chile in 2031 and Taiwan in 2037. It is overtaken by Senegal in 2024, Zimbabwe in 2043 and Benin in 2052.

Population, mid-2023
18,124,838
Rank by population, 2023
69 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.22%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+1.55% · +276,961 people
People per km² of land, 2023
169
Land area, 2023
107,160 km²
Births, 2023
377,167
Deaths, 2023
87,523
Net migration, 2023
−8,940
Children per woman, 2023
2.31
Median age, 2023
23.6 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
72.6 years
In a city, 2025
31 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
3,097,198
Projected, mid-2050
24,670,857
Projected, mid-2100
25,912,091

GTM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2077estimates | projections010 m20 m30 m40 m50 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Guatemala, 1950–2100
Guatemala: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate3,058,262157,06780,1966.8037.8
1951estimate3,136,134162,23380,5946.8438.3
1952estimate3,218,600167,24481,0406.8838.9
1953estimate3,304,704171,66181,3986.9039.5
1954estimate3,392,916175,75381,7126.9240.1
1955estimate3,485,289179,70981,8496.9540.7
1956estimate3,581,324183,59981,9686.9841.3
1957estimate3,681,040187,77882,0407.0141.9
1958estimate3,784,446190,70480,3357.0143.1
1959estimate3,889,606193,82378,6807.0144.3
1960estimate4,003,383197,26476,5387.0045.8
1961estimate4,123,926201,00277,2476.9846.1
1962estimate4,248,476204,33877,9126.9346.5
1963estimate4,375,613208,28879,2246.9046.6
1964estimate4,504,915212,63279,7996.8747.1
1965estimate4,637,304217,18581,1906.8447.2
1966estimate4,772,626222,67082,1766.8047.5
1967estimate4,909,290227,19783,3376.7547.7
1968estimate5,048,434231,97285,0296.7047.8
1969estimate5,187,789237,18987,6716.6547.5
1970estimate5,326,373242,19786,2506.6048.5
1971estimate5,467,558247,46782,3606.5550.3
1972estimate5,609,153252,53979,3806.5151.8
1973estimate5,756,514257,74377,8676.4952.9
1974estimate5,906,748264,03579,0426.4653.0
1975estimate6,055,646270,16981,6646.4152.8
1976estimate6,201,816275,756103,8476.3747.6
1977estimate6,322,993280,99277,6966.3255.2
1978estimate6,480,036286,92475,6246.2656.4
1979estimate6,643,032293,54976,7376.2256.6
1980estimate6,812,563300,93682,4816.1755.3
1981estimate6,987,862307,07486,0296.1254.7
1982estimate7,163,433312,547112,7386.0648.9
1983estimate7,317,049317,48979,4245.9857.9
1984estimate7,522,236319,38977,4975.8659.1
1985estimate7,739,129322,73376,6145.7359.8
1986estimate7,960,257329,17676,4195.6660.3
1987estimate8,181,379337,85776,1095.6461.0
1988estimate8,411,590347,59876,1355.6261.5
1989estimate8,652,608354,06877,3295.5661.8
1990estimate8,898,484359,43879,1255.4861.8
1991estimate9,151,062364,03380,1175.3861.9
1992estimate9,394,105370,05281,6445.3162.0
1993estimate9,650,428377,25681,7395.2562.4
1994estimate9,909,093384,16181,4535.1963.0
1995estimate10,178,342389,36580,1355.1163.7
1996estimate10,447,650393,12477,8735.0164.5
1997estimate10,719,403396,35276,2654.9165.3
1998estimate10,996,106399,99574,8204.8066.0
1999estimate11,282,184402,37173,4864.6966.6
2000estimate11,563,746406,00173,1114.5867.1
2001estimate11,831,438408,83373,3284.5067.4
2002estimate12,107,406407,41973,1594.3767.8
2003estimate12,386,425406,70973,1704.2568.2
2004estimate12,665,258406,32274,6284.1368.2
2005estimate12,949,546402,79276,9803.9768.2
2006estimate13,225,711401,35075,7463.8568.8
2007estimate13,509,206401,66775,3693.7269.3
2008estimate13,794,874399,63976,4113.5769.5
2009estimate14,075,474400,87377,5503.4669.7
2010estimate14,355,748403,40778,6033.3869.9
2011estimate14,644,477407,01378,4753.2970.3
2012estimate14,939,774410,91078,5423.2270.7
2013estimate15,239,519411,09379,7633.1570.9
2014estimate15,535,156415,05381,5003.0970.9
2015estimate15,828,294418,81883,7373.0370.9
2016estimate16,115,192422,28584,1762.9771.2
2017estimate16,422,328417,02184,1862.8671.6
2018estimate16,712,386409,59786,5072.7471.5
2019estimate16,978,984394,90687,5272.5971.6
2020estimate17,228,621382,615101,2802.4770.0
2021estimate17,486,030376,735121,5822.3967.9
2022estimate17,711,271375,92394,2462.3471.2
2023estimate17,984,483377,16787,5232.3172.6
2024estimate18,265,192379,51289,4552.2972.8
2025projection18,547,52618.5–18.6 million380,11091,4382.2672.9
2026projection18,828,23718.7–19.0 million380,39693,4842.2373.0
2027projection19,107,71918.9–19.4 million379,91795,5892.2073.2
2028projection19,384,29619.1–19.7 million379,83297,7772.1773.3
2029projection19,658,71519.2–20.1 million380,28999,9522.1573.5
2030projection19,931,64319.4–20.5 million380,934102,2352.1373.7
2031projection20,202,86319.6–20.9 million381,066104,6352.1173.8
2032projection20,471,89619.7–21.2 million381,085107,0682.1073.9
2033projection20,738,87219.9–21.6 million381,185109,6142.0874.1
2034projection21,003,30720.0–22.0 million380,511112,1802.0674.2
2035projection21,265,03920.2–22.4 million379,805114,6772.0574.4
2036projection21,523,43520.3–22.8 million378,580117,2872.0374.5
2037projection21,777,25120.4–23.2 million376,660119,9092.0274.7
2038projection22,026,67020.6–23.6 million374,555122,5932.0074.8
2039projection22,271,74420.7–24.0 million371,729125,3251.9974.9
2040projection22,510,42520.9–24.4 million368,296128,0941.9775.1
2041projection22,743,31521.0–24.7 million365,172130,8601.9675.2
2042projection22,970,21221.1–25.1 million362,011133,6361.9575.3
2043projection23,191,47721.2–25.5 million359,026136,5981.9475.5
2044projection23,407,00321.3–25.8 million356,313139,4631.9375.6
2045projection23,617,03421.3–26.2 million353,707142,5721.9275.8
2046projection23,821,14321.4–26.6 million351,317145,6541.9175.9
2047projection24,019,76721.4–26.9 million348,828148,7231.9076.0
2048projection24,211,71421.5–27.3 million347,101151,9381.8976.2
2049projection24,399,58621.5–27.7 million345,099155,1541.8976.3
2050projection24,582,44121.6–28.1 million342,959158,5821.8876.4
2051projection24,759,27321.6–28.5 million341,218162,1261.8776.6
2052projection24,931,39321.6–28.8 million339,424165,7031.8676.7
2053projection25,098,40821.7–29.1 million337,573169,2711.8676.9
2054projection25,260,11321.7–29.4 million335,557173,0911.8577.0
2055projection25,414,92221.6–29.8 million333,574177,0051.8477.2
2056projection25,563,83921.7–30.2 million331,679181,1731.8477.3
2057projection25,706,84121.6–30.6 million329,711185,3851.8377.4
2058projection25,844,16821.6–31.0 million327,406189,7171.8277.6
2059projection25,974,54821.5–31.3 million325,590194,0251.8277.7
2060projection26,098,33621.5–31.7 million323,989198,6441.8277.8
2061projection26,215,70421.5–32.0 million322,133203,3601.8178.0
2062projection26,326,07021.5–32.5 million320,194208,0691.8178.1
2063projection26,430,17121.4–32.9 million318,499212,8681.8078.3
2064projection26,528,44121.3–33.1 million316,852217,7011.8078.4
2065projection26,619,87221.2–33.5 million314,692222,7511.7978.5
2066projection26,703,59221.1–33.9 million312,510227,6661.7978.7
2067projection26,780,83621.1–34.2 million310,172232,8061.7878.8
2068projection26,850,75720.9–34.6 million307,738237,8581.7878.9
2069projection26,913,67120.8–35.0 million305,232242,9671.7779.1
2070projection26,968,56320.7–35.3 million302,832248,0751.7779.2
2071projection27,015,34520.6–35.6 million300,474253,0251.7679.3
2072projection27,055,69520.5–35.9 million298,373258,0401.7679.5
2073projection27,088,83120.4–36.3 million296,497262,9171.7679.6
2074projection27,114,80320.3–36.5 million294,128267,5841.7679.8
2075projection27,133,56720.2–36.9 million292,148272,1731.7579.9
2076projection27,146,41320.1–37.2 million290,059276,7681.7580.0
2077projection27,153,68119.9–37.5 million288,120281,1261.7580.2
2078projection27,154,83819.7–37.7 million286,115285,2951.7580.3
2079projection27,149,01919.6–38.0 million283,894289,4591.7480.4
2080projection27,136,59119.4–38.3 million281,992293,2491.7480.5
2081projection27,118,68219.2–38.5 million280,330297,0641.7480.7
2082projection27,095,19019.0–38.8 million278,185300,6211.7480.8
2083projection27,065,45418.8–39.1 million276,298303,8311.7481.0
2084projection27,031,16518.5–39.3 million274,298306,9041.7381.1
2085projection26,991,64118.4–39.7 million272,307310,0141.7381.2
2086projection26,947,47318.2–40.0 million270,385312,8821.7381.3
2087projection26,897,83918.0–40.3 million268,255315,1481.7281.5
2088projection26,844,25317.8–40.7 million266,705317,0631.7281.6
2089projection26,787,36117.5–41.1 million264,935319,0061.7281.7
2090projection26,727,17817.3–41.4 million263,164320,8051.7281.8
2091projection26,663,03217.0–41.7 million261,381322,3191.7282.0
2092projection26,595,17916.8–41.9 million259,459323,5651.7282.1
2093projection26,523,91616.6–42.1 million257,659324,4101.7182.2
2094projection26,450,12316.4–42.4 million255,846325,3591.7182.3
2095projection26,373,59616.1–42.6 million254,148326,2461.7182.5
2096projection26,294,74115.9–42.8 million252,377327,0221.7182.6
2097projection26,213,49315.6–43.0 million250,462327,7411.7182.7
2098projection26,129,67015.5–43.3 million249,008328,0451.7182.8
2099projection26,044,35115.2–43.5 million247,231328,3831.7183.0
2100projection25,956,84315.0–43.8 million245,450328,3881.7183.1
Show the numbers: Guatemala, mid-2026, by single year of age
Guatemala: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0190,577183,913
1189,630183,096
2188,440182,047
3187,150180,936
4186,619180,526
5187,840181,811
6191,810185,778
7197,850191,757
8202,813196,666
9205,563199,445
10205,551199,596
11203,286197,518
12200,926195,403
13199,451194,161
14198,015192,842
15195,648190,660
16193,480188,744
17191,788187,296
18191,093186,866
19190,471186,584
20189,510185,992
21189,392186,122
22188,960185,848
23187,733184,728
24186,571183,748
25184,383181,879
26181,021178,848
27177,817176,038
28174,628173,243
29171,300170,229
30167,988167,232
31164,259163,838
32159,904159,631
33155,112154,901
34150,382150,399
35146,206146,508
36142,175142,798
37137,490138,431
38131,700132,792
39125,392126,570
40119,739121,185
41115,159117,191
42111,497114,212
43107,069110,504
44101,904106,151
4597,035101,920
4691,96297,324
4786,96492,754
4882,35088,558
4977,70084,420
5073,24080,552
5169,22477,072
5265,29673,556
5361,68970,244
5458,45467,195
5555,41464,298
5652,62361,660
5750,19059,430
5848,02257,520
5945,91055,678
6043,67753,666
6141,47251,616
6239,48149,680
6337,65047,748
6436,06245,909
6534,62644,060
6633,29942,143
6732,14440,262
6831,06838,418
6929,82236,418
7028,35934,268
7126,76532,111
7225,00729,928
7323,15027,768
7421,22625,643
7519,28823,577
7617,64821,784
7716,15220,124
7814,37518,072
7912,68615,952
8011,24414,114
819,86912,398
828,56710,760
837,3259,195
846,1207,724
854,9626,358
863,9365,150
873,0554,108
882,3333,266
891,7552,608
901,2932,078
919281,642
926401,273
93425959
94272684
95168462
96103304
9761195
9834118
991968
100+1973

GTM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Guatemala, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GTM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Guatemala

On the UN's projection, Guatemala will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2061: 17,567,500 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 11,441,800.

100 aged 15–64
51 children
8 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 30 years: 2032–2061.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

GTM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Guatemala, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Guatemala loses 14,197 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 2,695 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 989 (1950), and a loss of 65,197 (2000).

In 2024, 92,732 people living in Guatemala had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GTM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Guatemala

Of every 100 babies born in Guatemala in 2023, 18 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 11 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 19 under 20 and 15 aged 35 or older.

1950
19 · 66 · 15
2023
18 · 71 · 11
2050 · projected
15 · 71 · 14

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023
377,167
Average age when women have a baby
27.3 years
28.9 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
68
171 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in Guatemala by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,5702,5813,8982,9561,773183
15–1928,37847,64973,70863,86249,04412,473
20–2445,54378,732121,805112,49197,36346,570
25–2935,47962,19291,14192,08983,37471,654
30–3422,41839,87659,61561,86964,22568,105
35–3916,58227,53838,66533,27437,31537,720
40–445,8999,94414,9339,8699,4098,355
45–491,1551,6142,169754455390
50–54434367310
All babies157,067270,169406,001377,167342,959245,450

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GTM · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Guatemala

A baby born in Guatemala in 2021 could expect 68.7 years of life, 59.3 of them in full health (95% range 58.4–60.0). That leaves 9.4 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

61.0 in full health, 10.9 not: 71.9 years

Men

57.6 in full health, 8.0 not: 65.6 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 61.0 healthy years of 71.9. Men: 57.6 of 65.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 62.5.

GTM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Guatemala

At the end of 2025, 573,000 people were displaced inside Guatemala, about 31 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad5,674
  2. displaced inside it573,000
  3. Guatemala nationals abroad173,414

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 10,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Guatemala living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 1,373 people asked for asylum in Guatemala for the first time; 41,191 people from Guatemala asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Guatemala whose claims were decided that year, 16 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

GTM · of every 100 people

How people live in Guatemala

Of every 100 people in Guatemala in 2025, 31 lived in a city, 44 in a town or suburb and 25 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

9.1 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 39.8 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

GTM · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Guatemala went in school

Of every 100 adults in Guatemala in 2020, 24 never went to school and 19 finished upper secondary or went further.

24 never went to school 23 some primary 20 finished primary 14 finished lower secondary 13 finished upper secondary 6 studied after school

Among women, 9.8 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 47.6 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 6.8 against 33.7.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2060; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2095.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

GTM · cities · 2025

Cities in Guatemala

Guatemala had 31 cities in 2025, home to 5.8 million people. The largest, Guatemala City, holds 15 of every 100 people in Guatemala.

  1. Guatemala City2,837,708
  2. Quetzaltenango291,105
  3. Cobán229,017
  4. Chimaltenango175,556
  5. Flores146,517
  6. San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos]115,711
  7. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa113,604
  8. Escuintla113,313
  9. Totonicapán112,939
  10. Mazatenango111,597

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Guatemala are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.